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New York & Co Leads the Companies in the Apparel Retail Industry Offering Investors Top Value (NWY, CHRS, PSUN, BWS, SMRT)

By Chip Brian

Below are the top five companies in the Apparel Retail industry as measured by the price to sales per share ratio. Often companies with the lowest ratio present the greatest value to investors.
New York & Co (NYSE:NWY) has a price/sales ratio of 0.13x based on a current price of $2.23 and trailing 12-month sales per share of $17.05.
Charming Shoppes (NASDAQ:CHRS) has a price/sales ratio of 0.23x based on a current price of $4.07 and trailing 12-month sales per share of $17.54.
Pacific Sunwear (NASDAQ:PSUN) has a price/sales ratio of 0.24x based on a current price of $3.59 and trailing 12-month sales per share of $15.15.
Brown Shoe (NYSE:BWS) has a price/sales ratio of 0.27x based on a current price of $14.81 and trailing 12-month sales per share of $55.27.
Stein Mart (NASDAQ:SMRT) has a price/sales ratio of 0.27x based on a current price of $7.68 and trailing 12-month sales per share of $28.57.
SmarTrend is bearish on shares of NWY and our subscribers were alerted to Sell on May 07, 2010 at $5.40. The stock has fallen 58.7% since the alert was issued.

Keywords: new york & co price to sales ratio

Ticker(s): NWY CHRS PSUN BWS SMRT